Is there a way to move the sculpt tools (grab tool for example) away or towards the user?
Consider 


Quad View so you are seeing both front and side views.  Or you can open 2 edit windows to get the exact views you need by rotation of view.
Sculpt Draw Brush with Add selected as depicted in the image above.
Click in the same place on mesh.  No lateral movement is needed.
To emphasize you are only clicking an area with no movement of cursor.  The area grows toward you the viewer, which is difficult to see.  You see the growth in the profile view. You are creating a protrusion directly growing towards you.  You may click in Top Ortho and see growth in Right Ortho.  Create change in one view and see it in another view.